Ted Cruz’s Million Dollar Food Stamp Question

Politico reported on GOP presidential nomination Senator Ted Cruz’s recent crop insurance flip-flop. Crop insurance — essentially Obamacare for corn — is heavily subsidized. It’s also important to farmers in the crucial campaign state of Iowa. Cruz, whose supporters characterize him as a “full spectrum constitutional conservative” had initially voted to cut $3 billion in subsidies that went to insurance companies, not farmers. He flipped his vote after a strong-arm from Senate Ag Chairman Pat Roberts.

In fact, our preferred candidate for President, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, supports a crop insurance provision that was tacked onto the recently approved transportation reauthorization bill. At least he’s honest about it.Sen. Ted Cruz flip-flopped on the issue live on the Senate floor.

As the Senate clerk was calling the roll on the crop insurance amendment, Cruz voted against it. But after Kansas’s Pat Roberts bent his ear, Cruz switched his vote, supporting an additional $3 billion in federal crop insurance subsidies.Cruz, along with Sens. Rand Paul and Marco Rubio, then proceeded to vote against the underlying bill with the crop insurance spending they supported.

This should be a travesty in the eyes of the GOP, but instead the priority for even a “full spectrum constitutional conservative” is to ensure insurance corporations continue to receive taxpayer funds.

So my question for Senator Ted Cruz is why did you vote to restore federal subsidies to a program that sends million dollar checks to food stamp recipients?